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...e widest field of view for [[lookout]]s to spot approaching hazards, other ships, or land by using the [[naked eye]] or optical devices such as [[Refractin ...linktext|καρχήσιον}}}}, ''karkhḗsion''), named after a supposed similarity to a kind of ritual wine goblet. ...

...term are not nautical in nature, and the crow's nest of a ship is thought to derive from its shape and position rather than its use as a platform for re ...ction of Adjudicated Definitions of Terms Used in the Law, with References to Authorities|date=1882|publisher=J.J. Griffiths|location=Jersey City, NJ|ocl ...

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...vy|naval]] ships, characteristically a [[flag officer]] entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a flee ...casting, automobiles, education, technology, airlines, and retail to refer to their highest quality, best known, or most expensive products and locations ...

...o [[the Form of the Good]]. The origins of the metaphor can be traced back to the lyric poet [[Alcaeus of Mytilene|Alcaeus]] (fragments 6, 208, 249), and ...that of a [[Politician|statesman]]. He then runs the metaphor in reference to a particular type of government: [[democracy]]. Plato's democracy is not t ...

...upright=1.3|As the parts of the ship are replaced, the question remains as to whether the same ship remains throughout.]] ...henians would commemorate this by taking the ship on a pilgrimage to Delos to honour [[Apollo]]. A question was raised by ancient philosophers: If no pie ...

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{{Short description|Idiom meaning to conform to a standard}} ...idiomatic expression]] meaning either to conform to a rule or standard, or to stand in formation along a line. Other phrases which were once used in the ...

...generals who wanted a more vigorous prosecution of the war and likened it to the coils of an [[anaconda]] suffocating its victim. The snake image caught ...Orleans]]. When they fell, the river would be in US hands from its source to its mouth, and the rebellion would be cut in two.<ref>ORA I, v. 51/1, pp. [ ...

{{short description|Victory at a cost tantamount to defeat}} ...a devastating toll on the victor that it is [[wikt:tantamount|tantamount]] to defeat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=N.S. |date=November 16, 2019 |titl ...

...d albatross is tied around the neck of a sailor who has brought misfortune to the crew.<ref name=phrasesorg>{{cite web|title=An albatross around one's ne ...he albatross with a crossbow, an act that will curse the ship and cause it to suffer terrible mishaps. ...

...[North America]] and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first [[Puritan]] figure in [[American literature] ...er of public officials in New England, Bradstreet wrote poetry in addition to her other duties. ...

...and help to ensure that the drawing is [[unambiguous]] and relatively easy to understand. Many of the symbols and principles of technical drawing are cod ...their meanings are multiply determined. Technical drawings are understood to have one intended meaning.<ref name="g2000p3">{{cite book |title=Technical ...

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...t Denis of Paris]] in 475 and the Basilica of the Holy Apostles, dedicated to [[Saint Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Saint Paul]] {{Circa|500|lk=no}}. ...ymbol which Parisians shared, appropriated, negotiated, and used according to specific communal assumptions and traditions".{{Sfn|Sluhovsky|1998|p=3}} ...

...is a savior and liberator figure in [[Jewish eschatology]] who is believed to be the future redeemer of the [[Jews]]. The concept of [[messianism]] origi ...=BSBR&Volume=19&Issue=5&ArticleID=3|url-status=dead}}</ref> for his decree to [[Second Temple|rebuild the Jerusalem Temple]]. ...

...Dover|1970|p=x}}{{efn|The first nine of Aristophanes's extant plays belong to Old Comedy, while his last two are seen as examples of [[Middle Comedy]] (s ...]'' as [[slander]] that contributed to the trial and subsequent condemning to death of [[Socrates]],{{sfn|Thorburn|2005|p=67}}<ref>Plato, ''[[Apology (Pl ...

{{Short description|Initiatives to enhance the performance of firms in external environments}} ...e models can include a [[feedback|feedback loop]] to monitor execution and to inform the next round of planning.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Hill| first1 = ...

...sh-Shām}} ({{Langx|ar|طرابلس الشام||Tripoli of the [[Levant]]|links=no}}), to distinguish it from [[Tripoli, Libya|its Libyan counterpart]], known as {{T ...he port of the Tripoli District, which it is geographically conjoined with to form the greater Tripoli conurbation. ...